Terms of Service

• House, 5th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  11/7/1853 - 11/5/1855
   
  

(1) Birdville, in central Tarrant County, developed from Fort Bird, the first settlement in the county. It was established in 1841 but ceased to exist as a named community in the early 2000s. Handbook of Texas Online .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, L.J. Wilson, age 39 (born circa 1814), native state Kentucky, emigrated from Missouri in 1843, farmer, postoffice Birdville, Tarrant County. House Journal .

Other Resources

• WILSON, LORENZO JACKSON (1814–1868). Handbook of Texas Online .
• Captain Ashton Ferguson's volunteer cavalry company, Mexican War. Confederate States Army, Captain, 1st Regiment of the Texas Lancers, re-designated as the 21st Texas Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online .

Committee Information

• 5th R.S. - 1853
• Penitentiary  
• State Affairs